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Facts and Events
Captain Samuel Whiteside's Company of "Rangers" Mounted Riflemen (Illinois Militia)
- July 1814 - The Sample's Chase Murderer's in Scott County, Illinois - Among the members of Whiteside's company who took a part in the chase of the murderers of the Reagan and Moore families, were Wm. Moore, Abel Moore, Peter Wagoner, Samuel Beeman, John Sample, and Wm. Sample, the last of whom now resides at West Point, Iowa. Old Uncle Johnny Sample, as he was familiarly called by the people of Morgan county, died only two or three years ago upon his farm near Jacksonville. I knew him intimately, and time and again he has related to me the details which I have narrated above. Wm. Sample, brother of the above, in a recent letter, informs me that "they were regular volunteers." Charles Sample, late sheriff of Morgan county, and an estimable gentleman, is a worthy son of Old Uncle Johnny Sample. Other sons of the same old pioneer reside in Morgan county, one of whom I boarded with many years ago, while teaching school in Jacksonville. But at length the "war was over". The Indians, forsaken by the British, were at the mercy of the United States, and saw, to their sorrow, the error they had committed in taking up arms against our people. Friendship and good feeling were established. Treaties were made with them, in which they ceded their lands to our government, among which treaties we have mentioned the one above, which, although no surveyor's chain had ever been carried over them, threw open the prairies and hills of the Sangamon country to the "settler," and opened the path to the very men who had defended it, many of whom at once entered into possession as "squatters," on, in many cases, the identical spot marked out in years gone by, while "ranging," and began improvements, hoping by the time the lands came into market to be able to "enter" an eighty, or forty at least, and thus secure a home for wife and little ones.
Complete story can be read at:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/scott/scottplat/history.html
- 1830 U.S. census, Morgan Co., Illinois, page 72
- 1844 - He moved from Morgan Co., Illinois, to Lee Co., Iowa.
- 1850 U.S. census, Lee Co., Iowa, 38th Division, Sept. 30, 1850, p. 312:458-458
- 1860 U.S. census, Lee Co., Iowa, Marion Twp
- 1870 U.S. census, Lee Co., Iowa
- Lee Co., Iowa, Will Book, A:245-256, Ft. Madison, Iowa: Will dated April 21, 1873, proved January 7, 1874, names wife Sarah Sample, son John T.Sample, grandchild Maria Betty(?) nee Taylor, daughter Elizabeth Patterson, son Andrew, son George and son Smily.
- War of 1812, private in Captain Whiteside's Company of Illinois Mounted Rangers. Bounty land warrant 22757-160-50 for 160 acres and pension file 11983. Pension application, May 20, 1871, states that he is married, that his wife's name was Sarah Cole and that they were married about 1817 in Madison County, Illinois. Pension of eight dollars per month commencing February 14, 1871, was granted February 3, 1872.
References
- Howard I. Bowers. Light Townsend of Kentucky (Unpublished). (FTW: Bowers, Howard I., 07 Sept 2005)..
- William James Sample (Person Page - 935), in Burval, Joe; Burval, Clarice. Burval Genealogy: Web Version of Our Family Genealogy. (Townsend).
Biography of William James Sample:
The following biography is from Howard Bowers Light Townsend of Kentucky.S1 It is reproduced below with permission:
During the War of 1812, he served in Capt. Samuel Whiteside's Company of Illinois Rangers from 20 Feb 1813 to 3 Oct 1815 with the rank of private. He was awarded 160 acres of bounty land for his service, Warrant No. 22.757 issued 10 Feb 1853. Commencing 14 Feb 1871 he was awarded a War of 1812 survivor's pension of $8.00 per month, File No. 11983.
Application of William Sample for a Land Warrant for military service during the War of 1812.
State of Iowa, Lee County. "On this 18th day of February 1851 personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Notary Public in and for Lee County Iowa, William Sample, aged 55 years, a resident of Marion Township in said County, who, being duly sworn according to Law upon oath declares that he is the identical William sample who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Whitesides in the ___ Regiment of Mounted Rangers Illinois Volunteers commanded by Colonel Howard in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812. That he volunteered at Edwardsville, Illinois and was mustered into the service at Camp Russelll 2 miles from Edwardsville in the Spring of the year 1813 and continued in actual service in said war for twelve months (that he volunteered for the term of twelve months) at the expiration of which time in the Spring of 1814 he was honorably discharge at a place he thinks was called Vanosdoll opposite St. Louis, Missouri, at which place he received a certificate of discharge which he has lost he cannot tell when where or how, all of which service etc. will more fully appear by reference to the muster rolls of said company. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who were engaged in the military service of the United States passed September 28th 1850.
William Sample
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year herein above written and I do hereby certify under my hand and Notarial Seal of office that I believe the said William Sample to be the identical person who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated.
James M. Reid
Notary Public"
Application of William Sample for a Pension for military service during the War of 1812.
State of Iowa, Lee County. "On this 20th day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, personall appeared before me, the undersigned clerk of the District Court, a court of record within and for the county and state aforesaid, William Sample, aged seventy five years past, a resident of Marion Township, County of Lee, and State of Iowa, who, being duly sworn according to law declares that he is married, that his wife's name was Sarah Cole, to whom he was married at Madison County, Illinois, about the year 1817; that he is the identical William Sample who enlisted in Captain Whitesides Company of United State Rangers at Edwardsville, County of Madison, in the State of Illinois, sometime in the Spring of 1812; that he performed his service as said soldier in the State of Illinois, mainly in said county of Madison, during the whole year of 1812, and that this consisted in keeping back the Indians. That he remembers one event which took place in said war of 1812 namely the killing and scalping of Mrs. Ragan and her two children and four other children on Wood River near Edwardsville aforesaid by the Indians whom he saw after they were so killed and that he participated in afterwards following up said Indians and killing their chief and taking from him the scalps which they had taken from said Mrs. Ragan and children. That as said soldier he has received bounty land - Warrant No. 22.757, under act of September 28th 1850 - Patent issued June 2d 1855 - That he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, giving them aid and comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; and that he will support the Constitution of the United States; that he is not in the receipt of a pension under previous act; that he has never received a certificate of discharge; that he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the provisions of the Act of February 14, 1871; and he hereby constitutes and appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation, H. C. Stemple of Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, his true and lawful attorney, to prosecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued; that his post office is at West Point, County of Lee, State of Iowa, and that his domicil or place of abode is Marion Township, County of Lee, State of Iowa.
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William Samples household, 1820 U.S. census, Powers Twp., Bond Co., Illinois, M33, Roll 12, p 4:
1, male, 0-9 years of age
1, m, 16-25
1, female, 16-25
1 in agriculture
Wm. Samples household, 1830 U.S. census, Morgan Co., Illinois, M19, Roll 24, p 72:
1, male, 0-5 years of age
1, m, 5-10
1, m, 10-15
1, m, 30-40
1, female, 0-5
1, f, 5-10
1, f, 30-40
He moved from Morgan Co., Illinois to Lee Co., Iowa between 1832 and 1840.
Wm. Semple household, 1840 U.S. census, Twp. 69, Lee Co., Iowa Territory, M704, Roll 102, p 209:
1, male, 5-10 years of age
1, m, 10-15
1, m, 15-20
1, m, 20-30
1, m, 40-50
1, female, 10-15
1, f, 15-20
1, f, 30-40
1850 U.S. census, Div. 28, Lee Co., Iowa, M432, Roll 186, p 312:
William Sample, age 55, male, farmer, $3000 real estate, b. Kentucky
Sarah, 50, female, Kentucky
George, 26, m, Kentucky
John, 19, m
Smily, 18, m
1860 U.S. census, Marion Twp., Lee Co., Iowa, M653, Roll 330, p 116:
William Sample, age 60, male, b. Kentucky
Elizabeth, 55, female, Kentucky
John, 26, m, Illinois
1870 U.S. census, Marion Twp., Lee Co., Iowa, M594, Roll 404, p 368:
James Sample, age 74, male, farmer, $10,400 real estate, $1000 personal estate, b. Kentucky
Sarah, 70, female, keeps house, Ohio
John, 37, m, farmer, Illinois
Anna, 23, f, keeps house
Lee Co., Iowa, Will Book, A:245-256, Ft. Madison, Iowa: Will dated 21 Apr 1873, proved 7 Jan 1874, names wife Sarah Sample, son John T. Sample, grandchild Maria Betty(?) nee Taylor, daughter Elizabeth Patterson, son Andrew, son George and son Smiley.1
Children of William James Sample and Sarah Cole
Andrew Sample b. c 1820
George W. Sample+ b. 3 Apr 1822, d. 24 Jul 1890
Maria Sample b. c 1824
Elizabeth Sample b. c 1826
John T. Sample b. 17 Apr 1830
Smiley Sample b. c 1832
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